WIMBLEDON winners are in for a new record in prize money this year – and the cash will be handed out THIS weekend due to the Men’s and Women’s Singles finals.
Last year, Carlos Alcaraz secured the men’s trophy and Marketa Vondrousova the women’s, picking up a cool £2.35m.
However this year the pot is even bigger.
This places Wimbledon as the best-paying of the four majors.
Under current exchange rates, the Australian Open winners received £1.64m in January.
Alcaraz and women’s winner Iga Swiatek got just north of £2m from the recent French Open while at the 2023 US Open, the winners earned £2.35m.
The new All England Club chair Debbie Jevans said: “In addition to investing heavily in the facilities and services that we offer the players and their teams, we are pleased to be offering a record prize money for this year’s Championships.
“We look to strike the balance between providing a good measure of security for the left-hand side of the draw, who rely on Grand Slam prize money to fund their coaching, travel and expenses throughout the year while rewarding the right-hand side of the draw as they progress further.”
The All England Club will dish out £50million across all the events – an increase of £5.3m and 11.9 per cent on last year, where singles champions Alcaraz and Vondrousova picked up £2.35m each.
The king and queen of grass will now collect an extra £350,000 – taking the winner’s earnings to £2.7m.
Here is the breakdown for the 2024 Wimbledon singles prize money:
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Australian Open: Winner receives £1.67m
French Open: £2m
Wimbledon: £2.7m
US Open: £2.36m (2023)
